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Joseph Guest
| Age: | 67 |
| Died: | 26th Sep 1889 |
| Accident: | 26th Sep 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1822 |
| Colliery: | Castle Mill (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | Earl of Dudley |
| Occupation: | Chartermaster |
| Notes: | A full skip of limestone when being landed at mouth of shaft was turned over on him, killing him instantly |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Metalliferous Mines.
On the 26th September at the top of one of the shafts of the Castle Mill Mine occurred a death in a very peculiar way. A contractor or butty had agreed to act as banksman to one of his own skips of stone when it came up the shaft. It came out of the mouth of the pit in the cage in the usual way, but instead of putting on the legs or "keps" for the cage to rest upon, he began to push the full skip of stone off the cage whilst it still hung about one foot above the sills. The cage at the same time was slowly descending to rest upon the legs, but as these were not there, it began to pass through the square frame just at the moment that the fore wheels of the skip left the cage. The consequence was that the skip was upset upon the man with its heavy load of stone, about 35 cwt., and he was crushed to death.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 17 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 22, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
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